Hunter bags rare antlered doe

[SlugSlinger]

One Oklahoma hunter was recently in for quite the surprise when he realized the antlered deer he shot was not a male, but rather a female doe.

Over the weekend, outdoorsman Chris Blades was on the prowl in Seminole County when he nabbed what he initially suspected to be “an extremely non-typical buck” that was, in fact, biologically female. Officials for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) have since described the doe as "the deer of a lifetime."

“Biologists say this can occur in an average of 1 [in] 10,000 does,” reps for the ODWC wrote on Facebook.

“For this reason, regulations for deer are referred to as ‘antlered’ and ‘antlerless,’ not ‘buck’ and “doe,” the department said, sharing three images of Blades’ catch in a post that has since been liked more than 2,200 times.

When contacted for comment, a spokesperson for the ODWC confirmed that Blades’ catch was a whitetail deer.

Hunting blog Big Game Logic reports that while whitetail does do not typically grow antlers, it is possible for the female to grow them “under rare circumstances,” likely due to a hormonal imbalance.

https://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/hunter-catches-deer-antlered-doe

 

[dlbleak]

That’s really cool and definitely a deer of a lifetime.
I gotta say though, it bothers the heck out of me when they say ‘catch’. I work with some guys that don’t hunt but they’ll ask me if I ‘caught’ one if they know I was in the stand the night before. My usual response is ‘yeah but I had to let it go because it wasn’t in the a slot limit’. I get the deer in the headlights look.

 

[Glock 40]

I think that deer self identified as a buck and that tongue sticking out looks like it had even more issues in the head.

 

[dlbleak]

I think that deer self identified as a buck and that tongue sticking out looks like it had even more issues in the head.

I try to shove the tongue back on my deer for that reason. Looks kinda silly sticking out.

 

[Free Trapper]

No doubt this ones a doe!

 

[DRC458]

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No doubt this ones a doe!

Well, we all hope so!

 

[Glock 40]

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No doubt this ones a doe!

Aint nothing natural about those. You better do a Crocodile Dundee check just to be sure.

 

[surjimmy]

Yeah, those don't mean squat any more. You need to check the undercarriage, and still then you never know.lol

 

[dennishoddy]

One Oklahoma hunter was recently in for quite the surprise when he realized the antlered deer he shot was not a male, but rather a female doe.

Over the weekend, outdoorsman Chris Blades was on the prowl in Seminole County when he nabbed what he initially suspected to be “an extremely non-typical buck” that was, in fact, biologically female. Officials for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) have since described the doe as "the deer of a lifetime."

“Biologists say this can occur in an average of 1 [in] 10,000 does,” reps for the ODWC wrote on Facebook.

“For this reason, regulations for deer are referred to as ‘antlered’ and ‘antlerless,’ not ‘buck’ and “doe,” the department said, sharing three images of Blades’ catch in a post that has since been liked more than 2,200 times.

When contacted for comment, a spokesperson for the ODWC confirmed that Blades’ catch was a whitetail deer.

Hunting blog Big Game Logic reports that while whitetail does do not typically grow antlers, it is possible for the female to grow them “under rare circumstances,” likely due to a hormonal imbalance.
Trophy of a lifetime with a story. What's better than that?
!

https://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/hunter-catches-deer-antlered-doe